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Tune ID#1616 (Priest's Boots)

Transcription of first 2 bars of Priest's Boots about these two bars
These two bars were transcribed by me from how this tune was played – the first time through – on the recording TWR (details in the Discography below).
Basic musical information on this tune.
Rhythm ?Bars8-bar phrase structureMode ?
Double jig32AABBD Major
Titles ? given to this tune in the sources listed below (plus notes of mine about this tune):
Priest's Boots, The / The Priest and his Boots / The Priest in his Boots / Sagart na mBuataisí / The Parson in his Boots / Rocking the Cradle / Paddy's Trip from Dublin / Larry O'Lashem / Larry O Lashem / Bounce upon Bess / There Are Sounds of Mirth / Come All You Good Fellows / Kissing and Drinking / The Tivoli (follows The Humours of the King of Ballyhooley on PS 3; 1st and 2nd in set Last Night's Fun on Scglen 3) (also parts reversed, also in G, also as song in F) (compare 1st part with 1st part of Morning Gallop #7562)
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Discography cd

Here are all recordings of this tune considering only the indexed recordings. I have discovered by careful listening that these sources are in fact musically the same tune, regardless of the tune titles they use, key changes, retuning, etc.

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Year
Recorded		 Track
#Tune?		 [Album code] Artist. Title (Link to Album Info page). Performers (instruments).
~19676#1
[PKlly] Patrick Kelly. Patrick Kelly From Cree. Fiddle Music. Patrick Kelly (fiddle).
~19858#3
[TWR] Mick Moloney, Jimmy Keane, Robbie O'Connell with Liz Carroll. There Were Roses. Mick Moloney (vocals, banjo, mandolin, guitar), Jimmy Keane (piano accordion, vocals), Robbie O'Connell (vocals, guitar).
~199010#2
[PS 3] Patrick Street. Irish Times. Kevin Burke (fiddle), Andy Irvine (vocals, harmonica, mandolin, bouzouki), Gerry O'Beirne (vocals, guitar), James Kelly (fiddle), Declan Masterson (pipes, whistle, keyboards), Jackie Daly (accordion), Arty McGlynn (guitar), Bill Whelan (keyboards).
~19926#1
[MMM] Music at Matt Molloy's. Arty McGlynn (guitar).
~19921#1
[Scglen 3] Scartaglen. Last Night's Fun. Irish Music in America. Kirk Lynch (pipes, whistle, etc.), Connie Dover (vocals, keyboards), Roger Landes (bouzouki etc.), Michael Dugger (fiddle etc.).
~19921#2
[Scglen 3] Scartaglen. Last Night's Fun. Irish Music in America. Kirk Lynch (pipes, whistle, etc.), Connie Dover (vocals, keyboards), Roger Landes (bouzouki etc.), Michael Dugger (fiddle etc.). For this tune: Kirk (pipes).
~19942#1
[SetFree] Tola Custy and Cyril O'Donoghue. Setting Free. Tola Custy (fiddle), Cyril O'Donoghue (vocals, bouzouki, guitar).
19959#2
[FSOD] Hervé Cantal, Denis Kersual, Vincent Blin, John Maguire, Gérard Tauzin, J.-Ch. Lequerre. For the Sake of Old Decency. Musique de tradition irlandaise en France. Music of Irish tradition in France. Hervé Cantal (flute, whistle), Denis Kersual (pipes), Vincent Blin (melodeon), John Maguire (vocals), Gérard Tauzin (guitar), J.-Ch. Lequerre (piano). For this tune: Vincent Blin (melodeon), Hervé Cantal (flute).

Goes Well with . . .

In the above Discography, this tune is:

Played afterOn Albums
Paddy Gavin's		TWR
Humours of the King of Ballyhooley		PS 3
Priest's Boots		Scglen 3
Brodie Kierce's		FSOD
Played beforeOn Albums
Commodore		TWR
Lilting Fisherman		Scglen 3
Priest's Boots		Scglen 3
Twin		MMM
Holly Bush		SetFree

Bibliography

Here are all transcriptions of this tune considering only the indexed books, listed in chronological order. I have discovered by careful comparison that these are musical matches to this tune as played on the recordings listed above.

Listing of published transcriptions of this tune.
As tune #968 in [1850] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. [available]
As tune #188 in [1001] Francis O'Neill and James O'Neill. The Dance Music of Ireland. 1001 Gems. [available]
As tune #17 in [CRE 2] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 2. [available]
As tune #8 in [CRE 3] Breandán Breathnach. Ceol Rince na hÉireann 3. [available]
On page 47 of [Krsn] Miles Krassen. O'Neill's Music of Ireland. New and Revised. [available]

If you are considering using the above transcriptions to help you learn this tune, I invite you to check these practical Tips for Learning Irish Traditional Music. See also: So why do you bother indexing books and abc?

Year of the oldest source for this tune, considering the recordings and transcriptions listed above (note that I concentrate on sources after 1900): 1903
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